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Max Robbins Quintet Max Robbins is a trumpet player from Rochester, NY. He grew up studying both classical and jazz music with several Eastman faculty and RPO musicians. Max has performed at the Rochester International Jazz Festival, Tanglewood Musical Festival, Brevard Music Center, and several jazz clubs in Pittsburgh, PA. He is a recent graduate of Carnegie Mellon University with a degree in Trumpet Performance and currently attends Harvard University for Graduate School.

WBGO's Jazz Appreciation Month celebration concludes with music from the jazz programs at Juilliard, City College of New York, Manhattan School of Music, SUNY Purchase and Siena Jazz University.

As part of our ongoing celebration of Jazz Appreciation Month, WBGO features student ensembles, including the Hugh Masekela Concert Band at the Manhattan School of Music.